The Confessional Thread

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Vanilla

Most statistics are pulled out of thin air on the internet. You need to do checks and find out what the significant difference is using various methods. The 95 or 99% confidence level can help but you can get false positives so the most important aspect is to have a decent sized sample size (dependent on the type of data you are measuring). Even peer reviewed journal articles can have flaws with their data because not all researchers are well versed in statistics and can take parts of their data instead of the true results. This is sometimes because they want to create certain results so they can get more government funding.

Exactly, Statistics can be easily manipulated and like you say it's based off of a collection of data and vary depending on how it's computed. At best it is just a really technical estimation.

Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

You're not racist, man. Just avoiding other racists. ****, if you're not black and go somewhere surrounded by black folk they're gonna be staring at you. And some of them might hate you for not being one of them. Not a comfortable situation to be in.

Yeah that's why I don't drive through suburbs because I get stares from white folks and it definitely isn't the silly **** I am wearing on that day that is causing them to stare at me. They are just racist. Stares are hurtful and I know they are just being hateful of me because I'm not one of them.

[Cuthbert]

Originally Posted by butthead aka 216

I avoid areas that are heavily black

lol'd

Originally Posted by James

There was a girl in my year who had breathing problems and wore a gasmask type thing. We all did Bane voice behind her back. She died.

and again

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by Vanilla

Most statistics are pulled out of thin air on the internet. You need to do checks and find out what the significant difference is using various methods. The 95 or 99% confidence level can help but you can get false positives so the most important aspect is to have a decent sized sample size (dependent on the type of data you are measuring). Even peer reviewed journal articles can have flaws with their data because not all researchers are well versed in statistics and can take parts of their data instead of the true results. This is sometimes because they want to create certain results so they can get more government funding.

Well I was talking about actual scientific studies, not just random statistics.

[Carpe Mortem]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

Exactly, Statistics can be easily manipulated and like you say it's based off of a collection of data and vary depending on how it's computed. At best it is just a really technical estimation.



Yeah that's why I don't drive through suburbs because I get stares from white folks and it definitely isn't the silly **** I am wearing on that day that is causing them to stare at me. They are just racist. Stares are hurtful and I know they are just being hateful of me because I'm not one of them.

Dude, not sure if you're givin me attitude or what, but where I live most people over the age of 30 are a certain amount of racist, and a lot of people younger than that too.

And yeah, if you're hangin out in white dominated areas and getting stared at, it IS because you're black. Sorry to burst your bubble. Works the other way around too if that makes you feel any better.

[Neapolitan]

Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

Dude, not sure if you're givin me attitude or what, but where I live most people over the age of 30 are a certain amount of racist, and a lot of people younger than that too.

And yeah, if you're hangin out in white dominated areas and getting stared at, it IS because you're black. Sorry to burst your bubble. Works the other way around too if that makes you feel any better.

I can't see being "stared at" as racist. There has to be something else (other than someone looked at me) that reveals some kind of antipathy before you accuse someone something as serious as being a racist. Otherwise you are being a thought-police and then go on to make slanderous accusation about person you know very little about and participating in what you are denouncing - being prejudice. Sometimes it is better to chalk up an incident as something you don't know what the other person is thinking then to fill in the blanks and hurting yourself with thoughts that never really entered the other person's mind. And if someone give you a snide look it is indicative of who they are not who you are.

[Scarlett O'Hara]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Well I was talking about actual scientific studies, not just random statistics.

So am I. Did you not read my "peer reviewed articles" bit?

[Engine]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

Stares are hurtful

[anticipation]

Originally Posted by Carpe Mortem

You're not racist, man. Just avoiding other racists. ****, if you're not black and go somewhere surrounded by black folk they're gonna be staring at you. And some of them might hate you for not being one of them. Not a comfortable situation to be in.

"Other racists"? WTF are you talking about. I grew up in an ALL black neighborhood, never had a problem when I lived in predominantly black neighborhoods of Denver with white roommates. People probably stare at you because you're an ignorant asshole. Sorry.

[Engine]

^the mean streets of Denver, Colorado

[Carpe Mortem]

Originally Posted by anticipation

"Other racists"? WTF are you talking about. I grew up in an ALL black neighborhood, never had a problem when I lived in predominantly black neighborhoods of Denver with white roommates. People probably stare at you because you're an ignorant asshole. Sorry.

Got so mad about that you took me out of your sig. There goes my reason for living...

Coming from the mean streets of 8 mile and Harper. I guess the outskirts of Detroit are a different animal than Denver, Colorado.